pwillard,
There are many ways I could have chosen to to allow friends and family to have a simple way to reset the time on my project.
Requiring them to install Processing, is not one I would have considered. Beyond that, at 14.1K I'd never be able to fit Firmata.
I'm not sure who's code you felt I was hacking around in, but I did appreciate the example that allows VbScript to be used without the need to install anything. I don't suppose that VbScript is cross-platform, but that's fine - it was just a simple means to an end.
Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.